Tremor, ataxia and dementia in older men may indicate a carrier of the fragile X syndrome

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-56

  Rogers, C ^a   Partington, Michael W ^a   Turner, G M ^a,b  

^a Hunter Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Dementia; Fragile X pre mutation; Onset in middle age; Parkinson's disease; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TELEPHONE; TREMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATAXIA; DEMENTIA; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0041630707     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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